Written By: Lamont Mann1-10-2011WHAT'S THE DAMN DEAL "BRO"?I don't understand Jason Whitlock's angle. Are you trying to be a super hero of black folk? Let's cut through all of the media friendly words and get to it. I used to believe white people really dig a black person that came out and spoke the truth because we are in an era where they can't do without professional ramifications. With that being said, I thought Jason was playing up to that angle but after hearing more and more, I have come to the conclusion that I really don't know what's his angle because white people also dislike him.
The first time I heard Jason Whitlock was on the Jim Rome Show in 2007. Jason was talking about how the athletes are engulfed in the Hip Hop Culture. Here's the tricky part, I don't believe Jason is knocking Hip Hop, but he is telling these athletes "you are not a Hip Hop artist, you are a professional athlete". That's cool and I dig it, but Jason has to realize we are talking about impressionable twenty year olds. Young adults tend to do what the trend dictates via New York and Los Angeles. Come on "bro", afros, clubs, the whole Miami Dolphins team of the 70s snorting "coke" in the 70s? It's not quite the visible tattoos you see of the professional players now, but all were a trend of the times. According to biblical scripture a man should not be with long hair and I guarantee you their was an "older" Whitlock in the 70s bashing players about the afro.
JASON ON "INSIDE THE NFL"
Jason was a guest on "Inside the NFL" where he said that the New England Patriots' owner prefers players with a solid family background. Jason received this information by way of current Kansas City Chiefs/former New England Patriots General Manager Scott Pioli. It's his belief that players from a two parent home will conform better with Bill Belichick's personality. Obviously, Bill tends to have more of a military style of operation. As a guest on the show, Whitlock is trying to explain the logic of the owner's belief. James Brown (host) debated that targeting players of a certain social status is thereby shrinking your talent pool of players to select from. Whitlock continued on to say players that have structure is more suited to handle the big paychecks.
I don't even know where to begin. There's one part of me that understands the rationale being explained, but then there's another part of me that wonders if this is at all ethical for an owner to profile a certain social class of player. I believe you have head cases that come from two parent homes, as I believe you have solid individuals from single parent homes.
As far as Whitlock's statement about unstable players with a big paycheck, that's simply crazy. If it was up to Whitlock, single parent kids would be _____ out of luck. In utopia, a world of kids with both parents would be lovely, but in reality, single parents is a way of life to a large portion of our population.
WRAP IT UP
I like Whitlock because he has the stones to come out and speak his mind. He knows that his statements are not taken favorably within the black community, but yet he still voice his opinion. Although I applaud his courage, lately his antics are coming off as SHOCK. I am beginning to look at him as the "self-anointed black Moses". In closing, I challenge Jason to look at Bill Cosby because that's the way it's done. Bill Cosby made his comments about the black community and no one could contest anything he said because unlike most, he actually put his resources (money, time, social conscious) where his mouth his.
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